The Council of State, the highest administrative court in Greece, on Thursday approved of a major property development plan in gritty part of southwest Athens, opening the way for the construction of a 22,000-square-meter shopping mall and entertainment complex.
The Academy Gardens project will be centered on a site currently occupied by the disused Mouzakis textile factory, near the Academy of Plato neighborhood.
The area is mostly surrounded by industrial units and warehouses along a major north-south highway separating Athens proper from its western working-class districts.
